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During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.
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Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred that they…
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When you take comprehensive, then we're dealing with certain issues like full citizenship ... And whatever else we disagree on, I think…
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.
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A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.
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No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that…
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The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious…
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If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If…
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A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will…
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.
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Once a man has tasted creative action, then thereafter, no matter how safely he schools himself in patience, he is restive, acutely…
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Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and…
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In her enthusiasms she had always looked for something tangible: she had always loved church for its flowers, music for its romantic…
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Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not…
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A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper…
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It is a hard although a common case To find our children running restive- they In whom our brightest days we would…
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